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steve anderson
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paul xmas pudding with a few changes
Reply #20 on : Tue December 25, 2007, 17:13:55
thanks paul , everybody loved the xmas pudding i made using your recipe ,especially my 75 year old parents , the pudding was moist and delicious . I made some changes , everything was bought from woolworths ,i used Tandaco suet mix ,no flour as its in suet mix ,no salt , nugmeg was bottled could not find fresh , about 300ml of Tooheys old , i used brandy instead of muscat , and it all fitted nicely in a 1.2 lt non stick pudding bowl . i rested the bowl on a egg ring and slow boiled for 8 hours . Perfect .
Liam Shannon
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Gram to cup conversions for flour link
Reply #19 on : Tue December 25, 2007, 01:52:33
Hi,

Came across this link and found it very useful for those of us without a scale.

Cheers,

Liam

http://www.onlineconversion.com/forum/for um_1060894343.htm
Karen Thompson
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Sugar??
Reply #18 on : Mon December 24, 2007, 07:49:06
Dear Paul,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you. Thank you for your site. I was just watching Burt Wolf Travels and thought to look for another interpretation of Christmas Plum Pudding. I did wonder for Pudding I isn't there sugar missing of the ingredients written out? I noticed because Burt mentioned a true traditional Pudding has 13 ingredients to represent the 13 original disciples and counting both of yours given and others elsewhere they always have 13 ingredients. However, this #I does not, and then looking at the recipe--as a dessert--I see it is missing sweetness and would be very tart indeed! Please let me know. Thank you. Karen

Paul says; Hi Karen, well... traditionally the pudding was a sort of porridge, with much less than 13 ingredients, if you were to look at most of the pudding recipes around, very few have exactly 13 ingredients.
You probably missed sugar in the ingredients list, warm regards, Paul
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Melissa
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Is it too late to make pudding?
Reply #17 on : Tue December 18, 2007, 09:52:13
Today is the 18th Dec. Is it too late to make the recipe?
Mel

Paul says; NEVER too late! just put it on very early in the morning for the 8 hours steaming, and it will be fine!
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Danielle Storey
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Mixed peel
Reply #16 on : Thu December 13, 2007, 16:22:35
Hi, I'm contemplating making your pudding this year however I HATE MIXED PEEL!! Is it a necessity? Will it change the measurements of the other ingredients if I leave it out? Also I live in Newcastle and I don't think there is anywhere I can buy suet so I think I will use butter - salted or unsalted?
Thanks
Danielle - 1st time pudding maker

Paul says; just substitute an equal quantity of one of the dried fruits for your mixed peel.
ALWAYS unsalted (in US it's called sweet) butter in any dessert. Regards, Paul
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Karin Johnstone
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Meaning of PLUM DUFF
Reply #15 on : Wed December 12, 2007, 16:35:03
Having just come from my elderly neighbours,and listening to her talk about her cooking of PLUM DUFF,I asked her what did PLUM DUFF mean,or where did the name derive from. She couldn't give me an answer,and I am hoping you can not only enlighten me,but also my neighbour.
PS Your website is just FANTASTIC. Great recipes,helpful hints,etc-just not an answer to the history, meaning and background of word PLUM DUFF.Hoping you can help.
Paul says;
actually, it is partially answered in this website (but there's a lot to read)! Plum Duff is a similar pudding, but with fewer ingredients and much less fruit, but, as to why it's "DUFF", I don't know either!
UPDATE; From OE. (Old English) "dagh" meaning dough.
Last Edit: January 04, 2008, 11:21:37 by admin  
Geraldine
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Little Christmas puddings in cloth
Reply #14 on : Sun December 09, 2007, 19:06:04
Hi Paul

I am wanting to make individual Christmas Puddings in the cloth method, and am using something very similar to your recipe, but I'm wondering how do I go about cooking these little devils??
I think the recipe will make about 12 or 14 puddings, and I thought I could tie them up in individual cloths, but I don't know how I can boil them all together. Can you help me please?? Kind regards Gerri Bailey Buderim, Qld
Paul says;
answered in full via email, but essentially, you NEED a big pot, or, steam in batches!
Last Edit: December 13, 2007, 08:29:42 by admin  
Peter Crichton
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suet supplies
Reply #13 on : Sun December 09, 2007, 15:39:10
My butcher in Wyrallah Rd Lismore NSW Australia cheerfully Gave me a kilo of suet. I asked "how much?" amd was cheerfully told, "it's only fat!". I've made 24 1 cup sized individual serve puddings in calico to give as presents to all and sundry...not everyone is a big fan of the traditional pudding and I figure a host could have a cold alternative to please everyone, especially in hot Xmas Oz.
Vicky Watson
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Suet
Reply #12 on : Sat December 08, 2007, 16:11:39
For the first time in my life (I'm 60 yrs old) I will be making our Christmas Pudding with butter not suet. I am not doing this of my free will - I am unable to find any supplier of edible suet. I can find all kinds of suet for birds but not humans!! This really saddens me as I have been the keeper of the family Christmas Pudding Recipe. Each year I have undertaken to make the traditional dessert with great pride and joy. Each Christmas someone will bring a new salad or vegetable dish but the Christmas Pudding is NEVER tampered with. Christmas without Plum Pudding would be like not having any Christmas Oranges. I will let you know how this new (not necessarily better) version tastes. Merry Christmas to you and yours
Vicky Watson
Olds, Alberta, Canada
Deirdre Balcombe
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cold tea christmas pudding or depression xmas pud
Reply #11 on : Wed December 05, 2007, 12:55:15
I had a recipe from my grandmother in Australia which was from the depression, it had no eggs, not alot of fruit, cup of cold tea, golden syrup, boiled in a floured cloth...ive made it every year up until 3 years ago & have lost the recipe.... does anyone have it?
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